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Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20k euros in damages
In a historic judgment in Italy, in a case initiated by FSFE supporter Luca Bonissi, Lenovo was ordered to pay 20,000 euros in damages for abusive behaviou...
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Internal competition can often be the most dangerous kind
How internal competition can often be the most dangerous kind
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Netflix is not a tech company (2019)
Like Sky before it, Netflix is a television company using tech as a crowbar for market entry. The tech has to be good, but it’s still fundamentally a commodity, and all of the questions that matter are TV questions. The same applies to Tesla, and indeed to many other companies using software to ente
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We are far from a better Heroku for production apps in a hyper cloud
GitLab is building Heroku for production apps in hyper clouds, integrated into your DevSecOps workflow: The 5 minute production app.
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New Leadership at Blizzard
A message for the Blizzard community.
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My Emotions as a CEO
I stepped down as CEO in October 2020 after nine years at CircleUp. I will be a CEO again. There were parts of the role I loved and it was the best job I ever had. During my transition, I’ve had ti…
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A salt monopoly could spike car accidents in the Midwest
Michael Milken, private equity, and a salt roll-up are showing we're in for shortages and price spikes.
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Google Workspace for everyone
By bringing Google Workspace to everyone, we’re making it easy for people to stay connected, get organized and achieve more together.
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You need Software Developers to believe in your project (2020)
Lacking Shared Conception, Creative Staff’s moral can quickly plummet
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Bosch gives go-ahead for volume production of silicon carbide chips
Reutlingen, Germany – They are small, powerful, and extremely efficient: semiconductors made of silicon carbide (SiC). After several years of development, Bosch is now starting volume production of power semiconductors made of this innovative material, supplying automotive manufacturers worldwide. In the future, more…
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If Not Overturned, Bad Copyright Decision Will Lead Many to Lose Internet Access
This post was co-written by EFF Legal Intern Lara EllenbergIn going after internet service providers (ISPs) for the actions of just a few of their users, Sony Music, other major record labels, and music publishing companies have found a way to cut people off of the internet based on mere...
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No one knows how much the government can borrow
Perhaps macroeconomists should think about studying this interesting question.
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Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line employees
Eligible hourly employees have access to prepaid college tuition, GED and high school diplomas, language programs and industry certifications.
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Why Zulip will not get on the blockchain bandwagon
This week, Discord teased plans to integrate a crypto asset wallet. After backlash from their user community, Discord clarified that the feature isn’t ready to ship “for now”. With many popular social and chat apps already on the blockchain bandwagon (including Facebook, Telegram, Signal, Twitter and …
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Investigating how the New York Times A/B tests their headlines
Part 1 of a series on the New York Times, in which I take a close look at how (and when) the New York Times tests multiple headlines for a single article.
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EFF Flew a Plane over Apple's Headquarters
For the last month, civil liberties and human rights organizations, researchers, and customers have demanded that Apple cancel its plan to install photo-scanning software onto devices. This software poses an enormous danger to privacy and security. Apple has heard the message, and announced that it...
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Is the big tech era ending?
I put on my wizard hat 🧙♂️
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Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019)
Wolfram's Director of Technical Communication & Strategy, Jon McLoone, shares his thoughts on why it would not have been possible to create the Wolfram technology stack using a free and open-source model.
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Factorio Future Plans
Hello, the 1.1 release is the final release of the vanilla game. It will be maintained, so bugfixes, simple modding interface additions, or minor tweaks can happen, but that's about it.
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PlanetScale is now generally available
PlanetScale is now GA.
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We Switched to Mattermost
Secure workloads with Identity-First Reachability. NetFoundry closes inbound ports and replaces VPNs for simpler, zero-trust networking.
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Simple product management tricks
Three simple tricks product I’ve picked up that help me be more than completely useless when I need to wear a Product hat.
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TransferWise changes name to Wise
Today, we’re changing our name from TransferWise to Wise. Our customers now need us for more than money transfers. Sending, spending, and receiving money...
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Microsoft Patches Six Zero-Day Security Holes
Microsoft today released another round of security updates for Windows operating systems and supported software, including fixes for six zero-day bugs that malicious hackers already are exploiting in active attacks.